Related Words for go down to defeat

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abdication
xx/x
Noun
abort
x/
Verb, Noun
accompany
x/xx
Verb
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
against
x/
Noun
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
along
x/
Adverb
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
american
x/xx
Name, Adjective
amoral
x/x
Adjective
an
/
Noun
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
annihilate
x/xx
Verb
annul
/x
Verb
anticompetitive
xxx/xx
Adjective
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
apathy
/xx
Noun
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
ascend
x/
Verb
ashore
x/
Adverb
athenian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
attempt
x/
Noun, Verb
autism
/xx
Noun
automobile
/xxx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
auxiliary
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
babble
/x
Noun, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backfire
/x
Verb, Noun
backhand
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
ball
/
Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
beep
/
Noun, Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
belong
x/
Verb
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
beneath
x/
Adverb
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
between
x/
Noun
billow
/x
Noun, Verb
birr
/
Noun, Verb
blare
/
Noun, Verb
blend
/
Noun, Verb
blend in
/x
Phrase, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow out
//
Phrase, Verb
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bluff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boom
/
Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
breeze
/
Noun, Verb
bubble
/x
Noun, Verb
burn out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
buy
/
Verb, Noun
buy it
//
Phrase, Verb
buy the farm
/x/
Phrase, Verb
buzz
/
Noun, Verb
cache
/
Noun, Verb
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
capitulation
xxx/x
Noun
career
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
castle
/x
Noun, Verb
centralized
/xx
Adjective
change
/
Noun, Verb
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
checkmate
/x
Noun, Verb
chime
/
Noun, Verb
chink
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
choke
/
Verb, Noun
chug
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
circuitous
x/xx
Adjective
circulate
/xx
Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
civilize
/xx
Verb
clang
/
Noun, Verb
clank
/
Noun, Verb
click
/
Verb, Noun
clink
/
Noun, Verb
clop
/
Noun, Verb
clump
/
Noun, Verb
clunk
/
Noun, Verb
coated
/x
Adjective
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
collection
x/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
come back
//
Phrase, Verb
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
come on
//
Phrase, Verb
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
concede
x/
Verb
conceived
x/
Verb
confederated
x/xxx
Name, Adjective, Verb
conk out
//
Phrase, Verb
conquer
/x
Verb
constrained
x/
Adjective
consume
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
contrary
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
contravene
/xx
Verb
control
x/
Noun, Verb
cope
/
Verb, Noun
corporatist
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
correction
x/x
Noun
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
counting
/x
Noun
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crackdown
/x
Noun
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crawl
/
Verb, Noun
creep
/
Verb, Noun
croak
/
Noun, Verb
cruise
/
Noun, Verb
crump
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
crush
/
Verb, Noun
cultivate
/xx
Verb
curb
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
deactivate
x/xx
Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
debacle
x/x
Noun
decease
x/
Noun, Verb
decentralized
x/xx
Adjective
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decoupled
x/x
Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
defeated
x/x
Adjective
defection
x/x
Noun
defy
x/
Verb, Noun
dejected
x/x
Adjective
demolish
x/x
Verb
depart
x/
Verb, Noun
depressed
x/
Adjective
deprive
x/
Verb
derail
x/
Verb, Noun
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
descent
x/
Noun
destroy
x/
Verb
destruction
x/x
Noun
detail
x/
Noun, Verb
deterministic
xxx/x
Adjective
devour
x/x
Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
dimensional
x/xx
Adjective
din
/
Noun, Verb
dip
/
Noun, Verb
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
disappoint
xx/
Verb
disaster
x/x
Noun
discipline
/xx
Noun, Verb
discomfiture
x/xx
Noun
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
dismantle
x/x
Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
dismount
xx
Verb, Noun
dispel
x/
Verb, Noun
dispirited
x/xx
Adjective
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
disprove
x/
Verb
distribution
xx/x
Noun
dive
/
Noun, Verb
divine
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
dormant
/x
Adjective, Noun
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
downcast
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
downed
/
Adjective
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
downhill
//
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
downstairs
//
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
drag
/
Verb, Noun
drag out
//
Phrase, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
draw back
//
Phrase, Verb
drift
/
Noun, Verb
drive
/
Noun, Verb
drone
/
Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
drown
/
Verb, Noun
drum
/
Noun, Verb
duck
/
Noun, Verb
earth
/
Noun, Verb
ease
/
Noun, Verb
eat
/
Verb, Noun
echo
/x
Noun, Verb
educate
/xx
Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
elevator
/xxx
Noun, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
embark
x/
Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
endure
x/
Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
err
/
Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expel
x/
Verb
expire
x/
Verb
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
external
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fade
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fare
/
Noun, Verb
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
feathers
/x
Verb
feet
/
Noun
ferry
/x
Noun, Verb
fiasco
x/x
Noun
fight
/
Verb, Noun
fill
/
Verb, Noun
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fling
/
Verb, Noun
float
/
Noun, Verb
flock
/
Noun, Verb
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foil
/
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
forge
/
Verb, Noun
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fractional
/xx
Adjective, Noun
frustrate
/x
Verb, Adjective
frustration
x/x
Noun
function
/x
Noun, Verb
funding
/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
get about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get along
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get back
//
Phrase, Verb
get going
//x
Phrase, Verb
get off the ground
//x/
Phrase, Verb
get over
//x
Phrase, Verb
getter
/x
Noun, Verb
ghost
/
Noun, Verb
give out
//
Phrase, Verb
give way
//
Phrase, Verb
glide
/
Verb, Noun
green
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
grow into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
grumble
/x
Verb, Noun
gun
/
Noun, Verb
gurgle
/x
Noun, Verb
gutter
/x
Noun, Verb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hasten
/x
Verb, Noun
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hie
/
Verb
hiss
/
Noun, Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
honk
/
Noun, Verb
hum
/
Noun, Verb
humiliation
xxx/x
Noun
hurry
/x
Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
impede
x/
Verb
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
inoperative
x/xxx
Adjective
integrated
/xxx
Adjective
into
x/
Noun
invalidation
xxx/x
Noun
islam
x/
Name
jedi
/x
Name
joint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
judgment
/x
Noun
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
kick the bucket
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
kill
/
Verb, Noun
kneel
/
Verb
knock
/
Verb, Noun
knock down
//
Phrase, Verb
know
/
Verb, Noun
lance
/
Noun, Verb
land
/
Noun, Verb
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
least
/
Adverb, Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
licking
/x
Noun
lift
/
Verb, Noun
line
/
Noun, Verb
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
live on
//
Phrase, Verb
live out
//
Phrase, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
loser
/x
Noun
lost
/
Adjective
lowest
/x
Adjective, Adverb
lurch
/
Noun, Verb
make noise
//
Phrase, Verb
make out
//
Phrase, Verb
malfunction
x/x
Noun, Verb
maneuver
x/x
Noun, Verb
manoeuvre
x/
Noun, Verb
march on
//
Name, Verb
markovian
/xxx
Adjective
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
me
/
Noun
meander
x/x
Noun, Verb
mike
/
Name, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
move on
//
Phrase, Verb
murder
/x
Noun, Verb
navigate
/xx
Verb
nearly
/x
Adverb
neoclassical
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
neutralise
/xx
Verb
neutralization
xxx/x
Noun
neutralize
/xx
Verb
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
noise
/
Noun, Verb
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nonfunctional
x/xx
Adjective
nose
/
Noun, Verb
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nullify
/xx
Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
onshore
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
oppression
x/x
Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outdo
x/
Verb
outsmart
/x
Verb
outwit
/x
Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb, Noun
overpower
xx/x
Verb
override
/xx
Verb, Noun
overthrow
/xx
Verb, Noun
overturn
/xx
Verb, Noun
pace
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pan
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pass away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pass by
//
Phrase, Verb
pass on
//
Phrase, Verb
pass over
//x
Phrase, Verb
patter
/x
Noun, Verb
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
peal
/
Noun, Verb
perfect
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
perish
/x
Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
ping
/
Noun, Verb
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
plough
/
Noun, Verb
plow
/
Noun, Verb
plummeted
/xx
Verb
plump
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
plunge
/
Verb, Noun
polish
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pop
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pop off
//
Phrase, Verb
precede
x/
Verb, Noun
prevail
x/
Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
progress
/x
Noun, Verb
propagate
/xx
Verb
pull
/
Verb, Noun
pull away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pull down
//
Phrase, Verb
purr
/
Noun, Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
quiet
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
race
/
Noun, Verb
radiate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
raft
/
Noun, Verb
ramble
/x
Noun, Verb
range
/
Noun, Verb
rap
/
Noun, Verb
rattle
/x
Noun, Verb
ray
/
Noun, Verb
rebut
x/
Verb
recede
x/
Verb
reduce
x/
Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
refine
x/
Verb
refraction
x/x
Noun
refute
x/
Verb
reject
x/
Verb, Noun
rejection
x/x
Noun
relinquishment
x/xx
Noun
repair to
x//
Phrase
repel
x/
Verb
repression
x/x
Noun
repulse
x/
Noun, Verb
resign
x/
Verb
resonate
/xx
Verb
resort to
x//
Phrase
resound
x/
Verb, Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
retire
x/
Verb, Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
retrograde
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
return
x/
Noun, Verb
reverberate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
revoke
x/
Verb, Noun
revolver
x/x
Noun
rid
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
rifle
/x
Noun, Verb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
rip
/
Verb, Name
ripple
/x
Noun, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
roam
/
Verb, Noun
roll
/
Noun, Verb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
roundabout
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
rout
/
Noun, Verb
rove
/
Noun, Verb
ruff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rumble
/x
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
run short
//
Phrase, Verb
rush
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rustle
/x
Noun, Verb
sabotage
/xx
Noun, Verb
sad
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sag
/
Noun, Verb
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
school
/
Noun, Verb
scramble
/x
Noun, Verb
scuttle
/x
Verb, Noun
sec
/
Noun
seek
/
Verb, Noun
sell
/
Verb, Noun
sequential
x/x
Adjective
serve
/
Verb, Noun
service
/x
Noun, Verb
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
setback
/x
Noun
settle
/x
Verb, Noun
severely
x/x
Adverb
shack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shetland
/x
Name
shipwreck
/x
Noun, Verb
shoot down
//
Phrase, Verb
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shot
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
shove off
//
Phrase, Verb
shutdown
/x
Noun
shuttle
/x
Noun, Verb
sift
/
Verb, Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sing
/
Verb, Noun
sink
/
Noun, Verb
sit
/
Verb, Noun
ski
/
Noun, Verb
skunk
/
Noun, Verb
slaughter
/x
Noun, Verb
slay
/
Verb, Noun
slide
/
Noun, Verb
slip
/
Noun, Verb
slither
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
slowdown
/x
Noun
slump
/
Noun, Verb
slush
/
Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snarl
/
Noun, Verb
sober
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sober up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
soil
/
Noun, Verb
sol
/
Noun, Adjective
sophisticated
x/xxx
Adjective
sound
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
speed
/
Noun, Verb
spell
/
Noun, Verb
splash
/
Noun, Verb
splat
/
Noun, Verb
spread
/
Verb, Noun
spurt
/
Noun, Verb
squelch
/
Verb, Noun
stagger
/x
Verb, Noun
stalemate
/x
Noun, Verb
stand up
//
Phrase, Verb
standby
//
Noun, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
starve
/
Verb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steam
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
step
/
Noun, Verb
stocking
/x
Noun
stone
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
stray
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
streamlined
/x
Adjective
stumble
/x
Verb, Noun
subdue
x/
Verb
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
substitution
xx/x
Noun
subvert
x/
Verb, Noun
succeed
x/
Verb
succumb
x/
Verb
suffer
/x
Verb
suffocate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
surmount
x/
Verb
surpass
x/
Verb
surrender
x/x
Noun, Verb
survive
x/
Verb
swan
/
Noun, Verb
swim
/
Verb, Noun
swing
/
Noun, Verb
swish
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tackle
/x
Verb, Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
take effect
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
tap
/
Verb, Noun
taxi
/x
Noun, Verb
tear
/
Verb, Noun
test
/
Noun, Verb
there
/
Adverb, Noun
think
/
Verb, Noun
thrashing
/x
Noun
thread
/
Noun, Verb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
thrown
/
Adjective
thrum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
thud
/
Noun, Verb
thump
/
Noun, Verb
thwart
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
tick
/
Noun, Verb
till
/
Noun, Verb
ting
/
Noun, Verb
tink
/
Noun, Verb
tinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
tomorrow
x/x
Noun, Adverb
tonight
x/
Adverb, Noun
tool
/
Noun, Verb
toot
/
Noun, Verb
topple
/x
Verb, Noun
tour
/
Noun, Verb
town
/
Noun
trail
/
Noun, Verb
train
/
Noun, Verb
transfer
x/
Noun, Verb
travel
/x
Noun, Verb
tread
/
Verb, Noun
triumph
/x
Noun, Verb
trudge
/
Verb, Noun
trump
/
Name, Verb
trundle
/x
Noun, Verb
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
tumble
/x
Verb, Noun
tummy
/x
Noun
turn
/
Verb, Noun
twang
/
Noun, Verb
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undermine
/xx
Verb
underneath
xx/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undo
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
unified
/xx
Adjective
unravel
x/x
Verb
untie
x/
Verb
until
x/
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
upon
x/
upset
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
upstairs
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
upward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
vagabond
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
vanquish
/x
Verb
venture
/x
Noun, Verb
vertical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
victories
/xx
Noun
waft
/
Noun, Verb
walk
/
Verb, Noun
wallop
/x
Noun, Verb
wander
/x
Verb, Noun
war
/
Noun, Verb
wash
/
Verb, Noun
waterloo
/xx
Name
weaken
/x
Verb
weapon
/x
Noun, Verb
weave
/
Verb, Noun
wend
/
Noun, Verb
went
/
Noun
wheel
/
Noun, Verb
whine
/
Noun, Verb
whipping
/x
Noun
whir
/
Noun, Verb
whirl
/
Noun, Verb
whisk
/
Verb, Noun
whistle
/x
Noun, Verb
whiz
/
Noun, Verb
whoosh
/
Noun, Verb
win
/
Verb, Noun
wind
/
Noun, Verb
wing
/
Noun, Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
within
x/
Adverb, Adjective
wooing
/x
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
yield
/
Noun, Verb
zip
/
Noun, Verb
zoom
/
Noun, Verb